PURPOSE
To examine how small businesses can learn to use the Internet to distribute their products directly to customers.
Many small-business owners have no idea how to begin selling goods online. Several free websites have been developed to help them get started with tasks from setting up their site to doing online marketing, handling credit purchases, and more. Go to Homestead.comor BlueVoda.comand listen to the presentations they make. Search the web to find other sources of help in designing your own website.
Then answer the following questions:
1. How long do the websites say that it takes to get started?
2. Does the process seem easier or harder than you imagined?
3. Do you have questions that the websites did not answer?
4. What help are you given, if any, in planning how to ship your goods?